I wrote a pretty sober piece about the death or near-death of Google Reader yesterday, but after reading Sarah Perez and Austin Frakt and after thinking about just how much I use Google Reader every day, I’m beginning to revise my initial forecast. Stay calm is quickly shifting toward full-bore Panic Mode. First of all, […]
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A number of commenters pushed back against me when I argued that taxing the rich, without fixing other injustices within our political system, would not be enough. Darren G warned that I was arguing “a straw man.” The recent poll published in the WSJ showed that 30% of the OWS protesters were motivated by ” […]
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In response to my post on the hiring spree going on in North Dakota, commenter Barry took issue with the numbers: According to your chart, there are ~16,000 job openings in N. Dakota. The number of unemployed Americans, *just* counting those who lost their jobs in this crash, is on the order of (IIRC), 16,000,000. […]
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I find most discussions of taxation mind-numbingly stupid. We have a terrible tax code. It’s full of bad incentives. It’s written by people in the thrall of public opinion or pledged to Grover Norquist’s silly no-new-taxes pledge. It’s an ad hoc disaster that makes many tax lawyers and tax software people very rich. Many people […]
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It was only a matter of time. When Google announced last week that it was killing off Google Buzz, those of us who use Google Reader began to get nervous. Would Google kill off Reader as well? Would we Google Reader fanatics be forced to use some other less interesting service? Well, the answer to […]
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Protesters at Occupy Wall Street may not have a coherent list of demands but they have one central, unifying theme: jobs. More precisely, the lack of jobs. From unemployed steel workers to recent college graduates, one message bubbles to the surface time and time again. The American dream is about finding a good job and […]
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Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim will be released on 11.11.11 and it looks amazing. I remember when Bethesda released Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. That was a terrific game, an immense, graphically lush experience that had me seeking out the highest vistas simply to watch the sun set over distant forests. But it was also a lonely […]
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This short-film ad spot for designer Proenza Schouler is probably the most racist, disturbing, and bizarre thing I’ve seen in a long time. Designers Lazaro Hernandez and Jack McCollough took a trip through the southwest and came up with their fall line of clothing inspired, apparently, by Native Americans they had seen on the road. Then […]
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Apple sold over 4 million iPhone 4S units over the weekend of its release, and reported a 54% jump in revenue for the period ending September 24. Nevertheless, analysts had predicted stronger iPhone sales during that period, causing share prices to fall Wednesday. Even though the likely decline in iPhone sales during the last period […]
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Good news for Netflix subscribers who own Android-based smart phones and tablets running the Android 3.0 “Honeycomb” OS: The online streaming service offered through Netflix is now available in their updated app, allowing subscribers to watch the company’s entire online catalog of television shows and movies on the go. I spent a little time with […]
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